Gift

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 
John 14:16, 17

I was struck by this the other day. How is it that God, Creator of the universe, Forgiver of sins committed against Him every day, the Most High, should be so merciful and gracious to give this gift?

He could have stopped at the gift of breath. I would cease to exist without it.

He could have stopped at the gift of Jesus. His teaching alone would have been used for centuries to live a better life.

He could have stopped at Jesus' death. Surely then, after all debt was paid for me by the One owed, it would have been sufficient. A gift that would turn the world on its ear.

He could have stopped at the resurrection. Now we have received it all, haven't we? Not only is our debt paid, but the One who paid with His life is no weakling. He rises and shows that He is powerful, even beyond death. The chains are truly broken now.

After all these gifts, how could we expect more? But my God is not a God who gives sparingly. He heaps blessing upon blessing, gift upon gift. Not only has He paid my debt, let me live for eternity with Him, laid His own Son down for me when I don't deserve even a thought in His mind, but He lives.

In. Me.

The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in an unworthy, sanctified woman.

How great are the mysteries of God?

But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Corinthians 2:9-13